DR. John H. Moe Exhibit

THE START OF SCREENING FOR SCOLIOSIS BEGAN IN 1963 in Aitken, a town with a population of about 10,000 in central Minnesota. [14] In 1973, the state of Minnesota pioneered spinal screening in the United States by implementing a centrally directed, statewide but voluntary program, based on clinical examination. [15] To help promote the program, Dr. Moe and Dr. Robert B. Winter wrote “A Plea for the Routine School Examination of Children for Spinal Deformity,” which appeared in the state medical journal. [16] During the 1975–1976 school year, over 570,000 children were screened in Minnesota. [14]

As of 2003, 21 of the Unites States had legislated school screening, 11 states had recommended school screening without legislation, and the remaining either had volunteer screenings or recommended not to conduct screening in the schools. [17]